Capt
Thomas Graham Shillington

Informatie over geboorte

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Student

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Ierland
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Captain
Service nummer:
/
Dienstneming datum:
19/16
Dienstneming plaats:
Portadown, County Armagh, Noord-Ierland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Eenheden:
 —  Royal Irish Fusiliers, 9th Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
18/08/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
No. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Brandhoek, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Leeftijd:
19

Begraafplaats

Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3
Plot: II
Rij: E
Graf: 31

Onderscheidingen en medailles 3

1914-15 Star
Medaille
British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 2

#1 Geboorteplaats
#2 Dienstneming plaats

Mijn verhaal

On 16 August 1917, the 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers came under heavy enemy fire. They reached Gallipoli and Hill 35 but the positions were impossible to hold. Due to German counter attacks they had to fall back to their starting position. Thomas was wounded during this attack, he had a gunshot wound to the throat. The 9th Battalion left the line on 17 September and moved to Vlamertinge. Captain Shillington was taken back to the N°3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station in Brandhoek (a hamlet of Vlamertinge), where he died of his wounds on 18 September.

Bronnen 4

9 Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers (The National Archives, Kew (TNA) WO 95/2505/2).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Gebruikte bronnen
Cunliffe Marcus, The Royal Irish Fusiliers : 1793-1968 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970).
Gebruikte bronnen
Harris Henry, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (the 87th and 89th Regiments of Foot) (London, Leo Cooper, 1972).
Gebruikte bronnen
McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London: Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018).
Gebruikte bronnen

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